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6.6/10 • 16

1936-07-181h 19m

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ARE YOU AN ARMFUL OF HEAVEN ON EARTH? ...YOU ARE---BUT DEFINITELY!

Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending up as part of radio song-and-dance act Dolan and Dolan sponsored by a rival soap company.

Directors
Irving Cummings
Editors
Jack Murray

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  1. Shirley Temple

    Shirley Temple

    Barbara Barry

  2. Alice Faye

    Alice Faye

    Jerry Dolan

  3. Gloria Stuart

    Gloria Stuart

    Margaret Allen

  4. Jack Haley

    Jack Haley

    Jimmy Dolan

  5. Michael Whalen

    Michael Whalen

    Richard Barry

  6. Sara Haden

    Sara Haden

    Collins

  7. Jane Darwell

    Jane Darwell

    Woodward

  8. Claude Gillingwater

    Claude Gillingwater

    Simon Peck

  9. Paul Stanton

    Paul Stanton

    George Hathaway

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CinemaSerf

Jun 19, 2022

7/10

Shirley Temple couldn't have been more than eight years old when she starred - and that is the word - in this gently amusing comedy about a young girl "Barbara" who lives the life a molly-coddled girl with her doting, wealthy father "Richard" (Michael Whalen). When he decides to send her to school, she gets lost and ends up lodging with street entertainer "Tony" (Henry Armetta) and his large family, before meeting with a husband-and-wife entertainment outfit whom she sings and dances with - charming her way to success with soap millionaire "Peck" (Glaude Gillingwater). It's a light-hearted and charming affair, with the youngster thoroughly entertaining. It is a bit odd that the father doesn't appear to notice his child is missing for quite a bit of the film (only a day or two) until he hears on the radio and... we've got to keep an eye out for a few dodgy characters en route to quite a fun conclusion. It's got some cheerful ditties along the way - including "Oh, My Goodness" and the cleverly rhyming "You've got to eat your spinach" a song very much after my own heart when I was 8, too. Temple is not the least precocious, and I think that gave her something else, unique amongst the many child stars living the lives of their parents vicariously, and I enjoyed this.

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Original Language
English
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